Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cotton lint, ginned — Production was 16,845 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 16,845 t for cotton lint, ginned — production in 2023.
The figure is up 14.5% on the previous year and up 184.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint, ginned — production in Southern Africa peaked at 78,068 t in 1988 and was at its lowest, 5,925 t, in 2013.
Southern Africa ranks 24th of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,616 t | — |
| 1962 | 9,471 t | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 16,308 t | +72.2% |
| 1964 | 14,847 t | -9.0% |
| 1965 | 22,824 t | +53.7% |
| 1966 | 19,191 t | -15.9% |
| 1967 | 16,120 t | -16.0% |
| 1968 | 17,387 t | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 24,602 t | +41.5% |
| 1970 | 17,917 t | -27.2% |
| 1971 | 17,533 t | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 17,636 t | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 20,191 t | +14.5% |
| 1974 | 41,932 t | +107.7% |
| 1975 | 43,969 t | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 20,332 t | -53.8% |
| 1977 | 36,829 t | +81.1% |
| 1978 | 53,866 t | +46.3% |
| 1979 | 56,676 t | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 67,148 t | +18.5% |
| 1981 | 60,229 t | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 38,523 t | -36.0% |
| 1983 | 28,144 t | -26.9% |
| 1984 | 36,244 t | +28.8% |
| 1985 | 46,838 t | +29.2% |
| 1986 | 47,938 t | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 57,043 t | +19.0% |
| 1988 | 78,068 t | +36.9% |
| 1989 | 77,081 t | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 65,721 t | -14.7% |
| 1991 | 54,142 t | -17.6% |
| 1992 | 21,854 t | -59.6% |
| 1993 | 16,512 t | -24.4% |
| 1994 | 27,974 t | +69.4% |
| 1995 | 25,234 t | -9.8% |
| 1996 | 45,694 t | +81.1% |
| 1997 | 34,678 t | -24.1% |
| 1998 | 43,981 t | +26.8% |
| 1999 | 53,933 t | +22.6% |
| 2000 | 33,680 t | -37.6% |
| 2001 | 41,359 t | +22.8% |
| 2002 | 21,395 t | -48.3% |
| 2003 | 18,150 t | -15.2% |
| 2004 | 33,476 t | +84.4% |
| 2005 | 19,526 t | -41.7% |
| 2006 | 15,704 t | -19.6% |
| 2007 | 11,691 t | -25.6% |
| 2008 | 10,760 t | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 9,270 t | -13.8% |
| 2010 | 8,699 t | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 18,094 t | +108.0% |
| 2012 | 12,879 t | -28.8% |
| 2013 | 5,925 t | -54.0% |
| 2014 | 9,493 t | +60.2% |
| 2015 | 19,737 t | +107.9% |
| 2016 | 10,925 t | -44.6% |
| 2017 | 16,297 t | +49.2% |
| 2018 | 29,545 t | +81.3% |
| 2019 | 24,796 t | -16.1% |
| 2020 | 27,647 t | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 15,832 t | -42.7% |
| 2022 | 14,713 t | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 16,845 t | +14.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,596 t | 8,616 t | 24,602 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,688 t | 17,533 t | 56,676 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,726 t | 28,144 t | 78,068 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,972 t | 16,512 t | 65,721 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,501 t | 9,270 t | 41,359 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,639 t | 5,925 t | 29,545 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,759 t | 14,713 t | 27,647 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 21 Tajikistan 96,000 t compare
- 22 Azerbaijan 80,545 t compare
- 23 Egypt 77,530 t compare
- 24 Ethiopia 63,320 t compare
- 25 Sudan (former) 59,150 t compare
- 26 Chad 49,000 t compare
- 27 Sudan 43,500 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cotton lint, ginned — production in Southern Africa?
- Cotton lint, ginned — production in Southern Africa was 16,845 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 78,068 t in 1988.
- What is the lowest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,925 t in 2013.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cotton lint, ginned — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cotton lint, ginned — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 184.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton lint, ginned — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.